Shingle-press.



J. C. BISHOP.

SHINGLE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1917.

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SHINGLE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1917.

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JOHN G. BISHOP, OF ORNVILLE, MAINE.

SHINGLE-PRESS.

Application filed. March 22, 1917.

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN C. BISHOP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ornville, in the county of Piscataquis and State of Maine, have invented. certain new and. useful Improvements in Shingle-Presses and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to Which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a press for bunching shingles and the primary object of the invention is to provide a press which will compress the thin ends of shingles, for holding the shingles in bunch formation while they are tied, by means of a pair of wooden binders and metal strips which are secured to the binders and extend across the edges of a bundle of shingles.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shingle press as specified which includes a supporting frame shaped so that when the shingles are mounted therein, they Will be placed in bunch formation. Said sup porting frame has a pair of arms pivotally carriedthereby upon the upper surfaces of the free ends of which the lower tie rests while the bunch of shingles is built up above the upper surface thereof; to provide a pair of cams which engage the under surfaces of the pivoted arms so that upon the rotation of the cams the arms will be forced upwardly for tightly pressing together the engaging. ends of the shingles of which the bunch is formed, for pressing them against an upper tie which is held in place by a pair of hingedly connected links so that the two ties may be connected by metal strips for holding the shingles in bunch formation.

A further object of this invention is to provide a press as specified which includes a pair of centrally disposed side standards for regulating the width of the bunch of shingles which standards are positioned intermediate the ends of the supporting frame during the building up of a bunch of shingles, and further to provide means for shifting these side standards away from the center of the bunch to permit the bunch to be tied at the center.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2?, :Wll'lf.

Serial No. 156,705.

arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved shingle press,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shingle press in position for receiving bunches of shingles,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the press showing it in a compressing position,

Fig. 4 is a section on the line l-& of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating tie structure, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the manner of hingedly connecting one end of the supporting structure to the base thereof.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, l designates the base of the improved shingle press, which is rectangular shaped,

and has standards 2 attached to its corners.

The standards 2 are spaced, so that the distance between them is equal to the proper length for a bundle of shingles, and the frame 1 is the proper width for a regulation bundle of shingles. One end pair of the standards 2 have a plate 3 hingedly connected theretoas shown at i. The spring.

hinges a are attached to the end plate 3 and to the end of the base 1 and they tend to hold the end 3 in vertical position against the standards 2 but they permit the end 3 to be moved downwardly upon the removal of a bound bundle of shingles from the press.

The side rails 5 of the base 1 are provided with slots 6 through which the horizontal portion of the intermediate standards 8, 6X- tend. The intermediate or centralstandards 8 have vertical portions which extend upwardly and outwardly of the frame 1 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The horizontal portion 7 which connects the lower ends of the standards 8 extends transversely across the frame 1 and is slidably mounted in the slots 6. The connecting bar 7 has rods 9 and 10 connected thereto as shown at 11. The rod 9 is pivotally connected at 12 to a pivotally mounted arm 13, which arm is pivotally connected to the frame 1 and to a hand lever 14 as shown at 15. The rod 10 is connected to the hand lever 11 as shown at 16. The hand lever 16 is pivotally connected through the medium of ears 1'? to the supporting base 1 for movement in a horizontal plane, so that when the hand lever 14 is rocked or oscillated it will move the connecting bar 7 and consequently move the vertical standards 8. lVhen a bundle of shingles is being formed within the press, the standards 8 are positioned at the inner ends of their movement, or namely at the center of the frame 1 and the shingles are built up or piled upon a tie as indicated at 19 in Fig. 4, between the standards 8 so that the thin ends of the shingles will overlap, as is ordinary in the forming of bundles of shingles.

The lower or bottom tie 19 rests upon the forward upper free ends of pivoted arms 20 and 21. The arms 20 and 21 are pivotally mounted upon a rod 22 which extends transversely across the frame 1 near one end of the frame. The inner free ends of the arms 20 and 21 rest upon the periphery of cams 23 and 2a. The earns 23 and 2e are mounted upon a shaft 25 which extends transversely across the frame 1 and is rotatably supported by suitable bearings 26. Hand levers 27 are mounted upon the ends of the shaft 25 outwardly of the frame 1 and they are provided for rocking the cams 23 and 24 so as to force the pivoted arms 20 and 21 upwardly for compressing the overlapping ends of the shingles as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, after which the bundle of shingles is tied.

After the required number of shingles have been placed within the press, the lever 14 is operated for moving the standards 8 outwardly from the center of the supporting frame 1 and the top tie indicated by the numeral 19 in Fig. 5 of the drawings is placed across the overlapping ends of the shingles after which the links 28 and 29 are moved upon their pivots 30 so that their upper ends will extend over the ends of the upper tie 19 The levers 27 are then operated which will rock the cams 23 and 24 and force the inner ends of the pivoted arms 20 and 21 upwardly, compactly compressing the overlapping ends of the shingles between the bottom tie 19 and the top tie 19. Prior to the placing of the bottom tie 19 upon the free ends of the arms 20 and 21, metal strips 19 and 19 are secured to its ends and after the bundles of shingles have been compressed between the top tie 19 and the bottom tie 19, the metal strips 19 and 19 are passed upwardly along the edges of the bundle and attached to the upper surface of the end of the top tie l9 which securely binds or ties the overlapping ends of the shingles of which the bundle is formed after the bundle has been properly tied, the hinged end 3, is moved outwardly and the bundle of shingles removed.

What is claimed is;

1. In a shingle bundle press, a supporting base, a pair of arms pivotally carried by said base, a pair of side standards adjustably carried by said base, said pivoted arms adapted to support a bottom bundle tie, means for holding a top tie on the top edge of bundle of shingles, and means forforcing said pivoted arms upwardly for compressing the overlapping ends of the shingles forming a bundle. V

2. In a shingle bundle press, a supporting base, a pair of arms pivotally carried by said base, a pair of side standards adjustably carried by said base, said pivoted arms adapted to support a bottom bundle'tie, means for holding a top tie onthe top edge of a bundle of shingles, and means for forcing said pivoted arms upwardly for. compressing the overlapping ends of the shingles forming a bundle, and means for adjusting the position of said vertical side standards.

3. In a shingle bundle press, a supporting base, a pair of side standards disposed centrally along the sides of said base, a pair of arms pivotally connected to said base and having their free ends positioned between said standards, said free ends adapted to support the lower tie fora bundle of shingles, a pair of substantially U-shaped links pivotally connected to said base and adapted for clamping a top tie upon the 10( top of a bundle of shingles.

4. In a shingle bundle press, a supporting base, a pair of side standards disposed centrally along the sides of said base, a pair of arms pivotally connected to said base 105 and having their free ends positioned between said standards, said free ends adapted to support the lower tie for a bundle of shingles, a pair of substantially U-shaped links pivotally connected to said side,rails 110 and adapted for clamping top tie upon the top of a bundle of shingles, a shaft rotatably carried by said supporting base, cams mounted upon said shaft, said cams engaging the under surfaces of the free ends 115 of said pivoted levers for forcing the pivoted levers upwardly for compressing a bundle of shingles positioned upon th 1 vers.

5- 111 a shingle bundle press, a supporting 120 base, a pair of side standards disposed centrally along the sides of said base, a pair of arms pivotally connected to said base and having their free ends positioned between sald standards, said free ends adapted to 125 support the lower tie for a bundle of shingles, a pair of substantially U-shaped links pivotally connected to said side rails and adapted for clamping a top tie upon the top of a bundle of shingles, a shaft ro- 1 0 tatably carried by said supporting base, cams mounted upon said shaft, said cams engaging the under surfaces of the free ends of said pivoted levers for forcing the pivoted levers upwardly for compressing a bundle of shingles positioned upon the levers, a cross bar connecting the lower edge of said centrally disposed side standards, a hand lever connected to said cross bar for ter of the supporting base.

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. BISHOP.

Witnesses TERENCE B. TOWLE, FRANCES GOLDEN.

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